Umberlee

Umberlee

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  1. wow...this is my JOB!

    Umberlee posted a topic in General Nursing

    Have you ever had one of those moments where you just find yourself shaking your head and thinking...wow, people have to do this! It kind of hit me as I was trimming the hair from someone's, ahem,...

  2. Least stressful nursing specialty

    Umberlee replied to alby_dangle's topic in Nursing Career

    I am NOT an adrenaline junkie, so the jobs I've chosen to pursue have been pretty low - stress. I've done case - management, group home nursing for developmentally delayed individuals, and am...

  3. wow...this is my JOB!

    Umberlee replied to Umberlee's topic in General Nursing

    No, he just lies down on his side, we glove up and lube up...one finger dilates the anal opening while we apply pressure to his belly and man, it works. It literally blows your hair

  4. wow...this is my JOB!

    Umberlee replied to Umberlee's topic in General Nursing

    We have a patient who's a really gassy fella, but due to spina bifida isn't able to, ahem, decompress himself. Two to four times a day we go in and manually help him fart. That's quite an

  5. NP School Interview

    Umberlee replied to PavementRN's topic in Nurses Recovery

    I had my grad school interview during the summer. I knew I would not start my program until January, if accepted, and would not be doing anything clinically for at least a year and a half. Since I...

  6. Nurse to patient ratio

    Umberlee replied to psychRNmom2's topic in Psychiatric

    Two nurses for up to 16 patients, but if a nurse calls off and no one will cover then the nurse will have to run the wing alone. We really need a float person during the day. It's not so...

  7. Injured on the job?

    Umberlee replied to nursegreene's topic in Psychiatric

    The thing I absolutely like least about psych so far is I still feel completely uncomfortable as to deciding when a situation has become a behavioral code. With psychotic patients it's one thing, you...

  8. Are bras contraband?

    Umberlee replied to laurenp_rn's topic in Psychiatric

    We only allow sports bras or non-underwire bras...we recently had a patient try to hang herself in the bathroom with a sports bra, though. Thank goodness she wasn't successful, and thank goodness...

  9. What the $$$$$

    Umberlee posted a topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    I'm starting my first semester of grad school for a FMHNP program. I just logged in to my account and my fees are twice as much as my tuition!...including a $1250 "program fee" for the college of...

  10. What the $$$$$

    Umberlee replied to Umberlee's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    It is CU Denver's college of nursing. I did get it figured out that the student insurance is health insurance...which was the first I had heard of having to buy health insurance since registering, and...

  11. Community outreach team

    Umberlee posted a topic in Psychiatric

    I applied for a job on a brand spankin' new community outreach interdisciplinary team with the mental health company in this area of the state. I already work for a subsidiary of the company in the...

  12. It amazes me.......

    Umberlee replied to Junebug59's topic in Nurses Recovery

    So glad that you are finally getting the chance to take the monumental step of getting back to work. You have earned this, now time to rock everyones' socks off with your awesometacticness

  13. Beware the final hour!

    Umberlee replied to Oogie's topic in Nurses Recovery

    I graduate in three weeks...and I had to test FOUR TIMES this week. Two hundred freaking bucks! Ugh. I hope they don't hit me like that all the way through the

  14. How long did it take for you?

    Umberlee replied to Twoyearnurse's topic in Nurses Recovery

    I reported my diversion in mid January to my employer...reported myself to my state's monitoring program immediately afterward, met with them within two weeks of being fired, had my contract offered...

  15. It amazes me.......

    Umberlee replied to Junebug59's topic in Nurses Recovery

    I feel for ya...sometimes when I'm really frustrated with how slowly things are going in rebuilding my career, I come on these forums and I feel awful for even thinking it. But we all have our battles...

  16. Unprofessional people

    Umberlee replied to MandySoGreat's topic in Psychiatric

    The facility where I work has some pretty serious issues as far as I'm concerned. The med rooms and MARs can end up pretty disorganized but I attribute part of that to working with men (sorry, men)...

  17. Nursing Salary Survey 2014

    Umberlee replied to TheCommuter's topic in General Nursing

    Geographic location - rural Colorado Pay rate - $29 in one job, $33 in relief pool at second job In which area / specialty do you work? - developmental disabilities, acute psych What type of license...

  18. I don't psych nurse like the other psych nurses here

    Umberlee posted a topic in Psychiatric

    I knew from the get-go I would have a hard time setting boundaries because I am a big softie. But seriously, these other "seasoned" psych nurses just seem so...MEAN! I can understand the need for...

  19. I don't psych nurse like the other psych nurses here

    Umberlee replied to Umberlee's topic in Psychiatric

    Thanks for the input, ladies. I have definitely decided as far as the heat packs and massages go to only offer packs if there is a documented reason (confirmed diagnosis indicative of pain) and to...

  20. What Is Your Most Gross, Yucky, Disgusting Nursing Horror Story?

    Umberlee replied to yazisizit's topic in Nursing Humor

    When I was a CNA I really prided myself on getting all my client's treatments done (long-term home-health type setting). We had a woman who, in her kitchen cabinet, had a kind of variety of brushes...

  21. FirstLab and vacation

    Umberlee replied to Blessed_RN2011's topic in Nurses Recovery

    The way it works here is any place within the state you can just drop in and test and not have to alert the program of your travel plans. However, I live within 20 miles of the Utah border, and my...

  22. when to tell a potential employer

    Umberlee replied to skinnedknee's topic in Nurses Recovery

    I would really like to be able to take in an application in person and meet my potential supervisor, but the hospital I'd like to get some experience at only seems to take applications online. The...

  23. I don't psych nurse like the other psych nurses here

    Umberlee replied to Umberlee's topic in Psychiatric

    I am definitely inexperienced in this setting and feel like I'm over my head. Some other nurses who trained about the same time as I did seem to feel much more comfortable than I do. I try not to...

  24. I asked for Christmas off and they...

    Umberlee replied to Brian's topic in Nurses Rock

    I work at two facilities and one actually doesn't pay nurses holiday pay! I found that out the first year AFTER I volunteered for both Christmas and New Year's eve. I'm still kind of peeved! I have...

  25. drug prevention in health care workers

    Umberlee replied to 1sister1101's topic in Nurses Recovery

    It's my dream, I should say goal, to do more in my community to help make the stigmatization for drug abuse in nursing a little less. I have contacted a couple coordinators for local nursing programs...